Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

eA//menJi~ided into t'tPo ~n~J. 1l1 himfelfe, in taking heed that.finnecome not up· _o~him by the by, with fome by-blow, that he – . looked not for ; fuch aman hath continuall eye · upon finne,he is exceeding diJigentinloo.kingto . his heart and wayes,whcn another mannegleds it,and therefore eafily flips intofinne ;now into an oath,now into,Sabhath-breaking ;fometimes to the omiffion ofpray~r, fometim~s to the Iufr of uncleanneffe,fometimes to lying at1d diffem– bling,fometimes to one finne,fometimes to ano– ther :and the reafon is, becaufe he isnegligent.. Thefiolijhgoes on,andis careleffe,that is,hefeares– not fi.nne,and therforehe neglects having aneye · to linne. , Nowthatyoumayfinde outmorediftincHy,. Hethatfea.;;. ~ . .r.· . {''d h. h h £'. reth Gm~e wdl whatthtsJtare·ts,con l crt 15,. ·et atreare,s, he . notadvcnture . :cloth not oneiy feare the fin it felfe, but he feares ~Piih~oubt· :any thing that he hath fufpition of, he fearesany u t mgt. :thing that is·doubtfnl,;ifit be fi1chathing;as may be evill tG him"he feares it:·So a man that feares ' finne, though i-t be not cleare to him, though he· · be not fully convinced that fuch & fuch a thing ;isa linne, yet ifhe be one that feares.finne, he .will not meddl~with it. Put the cafe he doubt :whetl1erthe Sabbath fhould be fo fl:ricrly kept" notwithfianding,becaufe he is doubtfulJ ofit,he ·will not take libertie in it. Putth ecafe he·doubt· whether gaming isto beufed~ifhe fears,he da-res .not meddle with it. As ifthere ihould be intimaSimile-. ·tion given to' aman,that fuch acup or fuch adiflr · wercpoyfoned~ heewould not meddlewith it, eecaufe he feareth it,he feareth death,he feareth lick· ________________ __:,. ____

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